id:			105912
accession number:	1923.997
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.997
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Bobbin Lace Flounce: Punto di Milano, 18th century. Italy, Milan ?, 18th century. Lace, bobbin: linen; average: 33.7 x 348 cm (13 1/4 x 137 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Greene, G. G. Wade and J. H. Wade, Jr. for the Ellen Garretson Wade Memorial Collection 1923.997

title:				Bobbin Lace Flounce: Punto di Milano
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creation date:			18th century
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Greene, G. G. Wade and J. H. Wade, Jr. for the Ellen Garretson Wade Memorial Collection
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culture:	Italy, Milan ?, 18th century
technique:	lace, bobbin: linen
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Lace
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measurements: Average: 33.7 x 348 cm (13 1/4 x 137 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
	opening date:   1941-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>The Silver Jubilee Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

	title:		Lace: Italy, Flanders, France
	opening date:   1986-12-16T05:00:00
	<i>Lace: Italy, Flanders, France</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 1986-July 9, 1987).

	title:		Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

	title:		Opulent Fashion in the Church
	opening date:   2016-09-19T04:00:00
	<i>Opulent Fashion in the Church</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19, 2016-October 2, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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Being the most prestigious material, lace was used extensively by the 1600s for altar linen and for trimming priest’s albs, often incorporating finely rendered religious images amid blossoming vines. This alb flounce depicts scenes from the Old Testament story of Joseph, whose jealous brothers sold him to a caravan bound for Egypt. Joseph later interpreted dreams of the pharaoh, who made him ruler. When famine in Canaan caused Joseph’s ten brothers to travel to Egypt in search of food, they bowed down to him. After he revealed his identity, he forgave his brothers and God saved the family.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, W. Mathewson. 1922. “Lace and Its Development: III. Venetian Point and Punto di Milano.” <em>Antiques, V. 2</em>. (October)
	page number: 	p. 155-159, fig. 12, p.
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	William Mathewson Milliken. "The Ellen Garretson Wade Memorial Lace Collection." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 11, no. 1 (1924).
	page number: 	p. 8-12
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25136714

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 66
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839/page/n68

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 82
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n86

	Levey, Santina M. Lace: A History. [London]: Victoria &amp; Albert Museum, 2004.
	page number: 	pl. 202
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